BUS 520--Organizational Behavior--the leadership challenge assignment (leader you admire)

Kaifu lee,he is one of the most outstanding figures in the Chinese internet sector. He was the founding president of Google China, serving from July, 2005 through September 4, 2009. I had read his book "Becoming 21st Century Talent" and some of the thoughts really inspired me. There are some key points i really like in this book.

He said "Value honesty beyond all things." "Honesty is the foundation of all things."
There is old saying "Before you act,you must behave accordingly."

He said "Success is not dependent on materials,nor by comparison with others. But understand self and seek for goals and interests. Pursue improvement and make life meaningful."

He said "The purpose of success is to bring happiness. Happy people tend to have more potential,efficient,creative and executive. Happy people have positive thinking and willing to help others."

He said "Ideal is the lighthouse of your life. If you don't have ideal,then you don't have direction. If you don't have direction, you don't have fullness life."

He mentioned, a successful organization must included some important components which are great team work,hard work,professional knowledge and know how to cooperate with others.

The secret toward success in an organization, the most important element is to have a powerful leader who is humbly listen to suggestions and willing to admit mistakes.

Finally, Becoming a 21st century leader, it is not just strategies and executives, but know how to put the employees and organization at first. Moreover, create an open,comfortable,and parallel environment for employees to show their potential and talent.

I like Kai Fu Lee's ideas because he teaches people how to become talent and become a good leader. Everything goes to the basis which is honesty. Without honesty even though people have talent,creativity,intelligent and ambition, eventually will fall apart.

BUS 528 Project Management Assignment Ch 4 ideas

Project success factors are agreement on goals,a plan, good communication, scope control, and management support. A successful project is to meet stakeholders' expectations,the project rules are the foundation.
Project rule one is documented agreements-- all the stakeholders must agree on the goals and guidelines of the project. So project manager begin to have everything down on paper before the project begin.
Project rule two is controlled scope--control requirements and maintain a narrow focus on the original objectives and be as specific as possible in order to avoid overruns schedules and budgets.
Project rule three is management support--a sponsor is always the important factor of a successful project. There are four methods to make sure everyone understands and agree to the project rules. first, the project charter is the starting point and identify the stakeholders,authority project manager and objective. It is the communications tool for the references through the project. Second, Statement of work--define the scope of work that required and the time it to be performed. For instance, it sets expectations, deliverable and what is acceptable. Third, the responsibility matrix--is a designed chart to show who is responsible for what? which is to use to clarify responsibilities roles in the task. Forth, the communication plan--for stakeholders to get information.
A successful project needs a well prepared foundations with project rules. And documentary everything for further information and support.

BUS528 project managment assignment Ch3 ideas

Define a project is a process of putting the ideas and perspectives together along with clearly defined
purpose--what is the reason for doing this project? Who wants it done and why? Goals--What is it we want to achieve? When do we want to achieve it? Benefits and scope--who will benefit?
In the project foundation stage, we need to know who will be the project stakeholders? We need to find the right influence people to accomplish the project. Project stakeholders include people who are interested in this project,actively involve in this project. For instance, project manager,project team,functional management,project sponsor,customers and people who make contribution and affected by the project.
For example, the project "build a green home--solar power", the stakeholders can be the government and customers want to see data that show the project is meeting goals to save energy bills and protect environment in the future.
To make the project not turn into failure, we need to clear well defined the project in order to gain stakeholders support and meet stakeholders expectations.

BUS 528-Project Management--Assignment Ch1&2 Summary

To make a project successful needs many elements to support it. For instance, manager's leadership skills, efficient team members,and project management training skills. A manager with leadership skills is an important factor toward a successful project. Moreover, if a manager with experiences on different projects achieve results better because he or she knows how to define the project clear and make clear goals to accomplish. Also, the manager knows to measure progress and see how far away to completion. In the good project management, a manager should have good people skills to communicate among customers and bring team members together and guide team members to keep the project on track. That is why project management is essential guidance to help not only leaders, managers but also team members to perform and to manage complex works better and run the project smoother.
How is the success defined in a project? There are three main points--meet customer requirements,under budget and on time. However, in the book, it mentioned that even though the project meets all the three points, it doesn't mean the project is successful because on customers point of view, they may think the project doesn't meet the requirements,over budget or late. Therefore, a manager should have control check with customers on each step the project goes to prevent project fail or disagreement on the project.
I like the three project management functions because it taught me how to manage a project step by step. Those three functions can apply to my "Green Homes" project. Now, i have clear idea of where to start my project with definition,planning and control.
In the organizing the projects, i like project-oriented organization better, because it is simple and clear. When there is a project comes up, the manager form the team by assign team members from different departments and work together. The team members contribute their specialties into the project and make the project runs more productive and efficient.
In my workplace, i have participate many projects. Those projects can be done by one or two members and they are very easy to achieved and accomplished. So, i don't really consider those are projects after i read the book and many classmates significant projects. I really want to challenge myself to make a real project with the knowledge i am going to learn from project management class.

BUS 528-project management assignment--my project

Going green and more green are the concepts of reducing our environmental impact. Taking care of our earth and reduce both global warming and climate change is our responsibility. It is important for all of us to understand our impacts and learn what we can do to live more green. The goal will be to redirect people's lifestyles toward saving energy, money and living in healthy green homes.
My project will be to build green homes with recycle nature resources, reuse materials,reduce house energy needs by using solar,wind,and water power.
According to SMART goals, i think it is obtainable for the following:
a. the project is clear defined and going green concept has been introduced in few years.
b. it is obtainable along with sponsors support.
c. it is possible to build the project team with experiences contractors,green home specialist,and builders.
d. it can be done within a period of time.
One thing which may not be easy to obtain is the budget. With the budget issue, the project need sponsors support.
In the reality, People are looking for healthy living environment, so traditional homes are going to be replaced by green homes. There are a lot of benefits living in Green homes and most of all we make our earth green and beautiful.

Green, more green

We need green, more green....How do we make our environment better and healthier? I'm v interested in this subject and would like to do more research on "Build Green Homes"....recycle, reuse and reduce....save our environment from where we live.....

BUS 528 Project Management Assignment --Why did you choose this class and what do you expect to learn?

Project management is the popular topic and is the current trend in all the fields. I always hear people working in all fields around me say "I am working on a project." or "I'm going on a business trip for a project." It sounds like we can define everything is a project. Therefore,that motivates me to learn about what project management is.

In this project management class,I would like to learn how SMART goals apply to real life situations,case study of project management in different field, examples of how manager manages a project from beginning to the end. Especially, I don't really understand about those tools--Gantt charts,CPM are used for.

I hope after taking this project management class, i will be able to do the project work in the real life situation and make the project management successful.

Introduction

Learning never end and the most important thing is the process of learning. I like to learn things in different fields, especially i have been working with children for almost eight years. I graduated from Oklahoma City University and received my Bachelor of Arts and master in education. I started to practice my learning by teaching English in language school in Taiwan. Then, I continuously teaching and have been working as a Kindergarten teacher and Toddler transition program teacher in Sunnyvale, CA since 2002. During this working period, I have learned to conduct a classroom, to organize class schedule, to do team works, to train new teachers, to communicate with parents, to plan and coordinate events and meeting with managers. Even though I am not working in business field, I think it is a great beginning experience for me to learn the problem-solving, management, communication and project management skills in this setting.

To study MBA has been one of my learning plan in my life,but due to my heavy works and fixed schedules i have not fulfill my dream until now. I choose CALMAT to continuous my education in MBA program because CALMAT offers flexible learning schedule and intensive study for me to finish my degree in my time frame. Also, CALMAT has concentration focus I would like to learn in management, financing and human resource. I hope I can learn communication, leadership and management skills through this MBA program in order to apply in real life situations.

This is my second semester here in CALMAT, i am so happy to be here because all of the classmates are friendly. They contribute thoughts,information, ideas and help others. This is a great learning environment. I am glad that I choose CALMAT for my advance study.

"C'est une belle vie"....It is a beautiful life.

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it is quite a challenging project when you are going into a totally new subject or field.....